Ole

Family: Danes · Role: son of Siward and of Harald's sister; king of the Danes · First appears: Book Seven · Part 19

In Book Seven · Part 19, Ole came to Denmark from Norway to visit his uncle Harald Hyldetand, after the Swedish war succeeding to the Danish throne. When Tok, a servant of Gunn, attacked him, Ole seized and shattered him; then, after Gunn and Grim (son of Gunn) attacked together, Ole killed them, took their stronghold, and secured its booty.

In Book Seven · Part 20, Ole fought Hiale and Skate on an island in a swamp, felling them single-handed with his sword Logthi. Esa (daughter of Olaf) was given to him as the prize, and bore him a son, Omund. In Book Seven · Part 21, Ole fought Thore (foe of Ole) and his allies; Thore was slain, while the mortally wounded Leotar named Ole “the Vigorous” and prophesied his eventual death. Ole’s father gave him command of the sea, and Ole destroyed seventy sea-kings, among them Birwil, Hwirwil, Thorwil, Nef, Onef (sea-king), Redward, Rand and Erand. He welcomed Starkad into his company and cherished him as a friend.

In Book Eight · Part 2, Ole commanded the fleet under Ring (son of Ingild) and led the van with Regnald the Russian and Wivil. In Book Eight · Part 4, Ring appointed him governor of Skaane; in Book Eight · Part 5, Ole forced Hetha to surrender the territories she controlled except Jutland, which he made tributary. In that part, Starkad killed Ole as he bathed.